- Xylocarpus
taxobox
regnum =Plantae
unranked_divisio =Angiosperms
unranked_classis =Eudicots
unranked_ordo =Rosids
ordo =Sapindales
familia =Meliaceae
genus = "Xylocarpus"
genus_authority = J.Koenig
subdivision_ranks =Species
subdivision = "Xylocarpus granatum ", Cannonball mangrove
"Xylocarpus mekongensis ", Cedar mangrove
"Xylocarpus moluccensis ", Cedar mangrove, puzzlenut|"Xylocarpus" is a
genus of plants in the mahogany family (Meliaceae ). It includes two ["Xylocarpus", NPGS-GRIN database, accessed June 1, 2008. [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?12981] ] or three [ Raju, J.S.S.N "Xylocarpus (Meliaceae): A less-known mangrove taxon of the Godavari estuary, India". "Current Science", Indian Academy of Sciences, vol. 84, no. 7, 10 April 2003, Pgs. 879-881 [http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/apr102003/879.pdf] ] species ofmangrove s, native to coastal mangrove forests of the Western and CentralIndo-Pacific , from easternAfrica toTonga ."Xylocarpus" is the only mangrove genus in family Meliaceae.
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